Small bug in /bin/mail

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From: Robert Claeson
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1989 08:01

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The /bin/mail in System V, Release 3.1 sets "istrip" on invocation
and doesn't set it back to what it was before (at this site usually
"-istrip") when exited. Ugly for us who uses 8-bit character sets.
I haven't checked SVR3.2 yet.
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          Robert Claeson      E-mail: rclaeson@erbe.se
	  ERBE DATA AB

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From: prc@erbe.se (Robert Claeson)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.sys5
Subject: Small bug in /bin/mail
Message-ID: <775@maxim.erbe.se>
Date: 23 Aug 89 08:01:58 GMT
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Organization: ERBE DATA AB, Sweden
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